Difference: All the teams Nieuwendyk won the Cup with were GOOD TEAMS. The Leafs are an old, fading collection of mediocre players who got beaten down pretty decidedly in the first round last year. Take that group and subtract Glen Wesley, Robert Svehla, and Jonas Hoglund and add Bryan Marchment....and that's supposed to be a team that Joe Nieuwendyk at 37 years old can lead to a Stanley Cup? I'm sure that will be the spin coming out of Toronto, but I'm equally sure that this is not going to make a lick of difference.

Originally posted by BigVitoMarkDifference: All the teams Nieuwendyk won the Cup with were GOOD TEAMS. The Leafs are an old, fading collection of mediocre players who got beaten down pretty decidedly in the first round last year. Take that group and subtract Glen Wesley, Robert Svehla, and Jonas Hoglund and add Bryan Marchment....and that's supposed to be a team that Joe Nieuwendyk at 37 years old can lead to a Stanley Cup? I'm sure that will be the spin coming out of Toronto, but I'm equally sure that this is not going to make a lick of difference.